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Set the planned disposition of a business application

Set the planned disposition of a business application to track decisions on the plan of the application.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_apm.apm_analyst

About this task

Setting the planned disposition of a business application results in better data maintenance, improved data findability, and better management of application maintenance costs.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Workspaces > Enterprise Architecture Workspace.

  2. Open the Application Rationalization page by selecting the application rationalization icon (

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Application rationalization icon.\).
  1. Select Bubble chart.

  2. Select the bubble for the relevant application that you want to set the planned disposition for and perform the following.

Bubble typeAction
Single bubble
  1. Select a single bubble.
  2. In the pop-up window, select the context menu icon (
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    Context menu icon.) and select <strong>Set planned disposition</strong>.</li>

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  • Select a grouped bubble. The info pane appears, displaying the list of individual business applications that are part of the grouped bubble.
  • Select the context menu icon next to (
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    Context menu icon.) and select <strong>Set planned disposition</strong>.</li>

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    Set planned disposition button highlighted for a grouped bubble.</p></td></tr></tbody>
    1. In the Set planned disposition window, do the following:
    Planned disposition typeActions available
    Invest
    1. Select the planned disposition status from the Planned disposition drop-down list.
    2. Enter the justification for selecting that planned disposition status in the Reasoning field.
    Sustain
    1. Select the planned disposition status from the Planned disposition drop-down list.
    2. Enter the justification for selecting that planned disposition status in the Reasoning field.
    Migrate
    1. Select the planned disposition status from the Planned disposition drop-down list.
    2. Select the migration strategy for the business application in the Migration Strategy field.
    3. Select the target business application to which the existing business application will be migrated to, in the Target Business Application field.
    4. Select a target date for the planned disposition in the Planned disposition date field. The target date must be the current date or a future date.
    5. Enter the justification for selecting that planned disposition status in the Reasoning field.
    Retire
    1. Select the planned disposition status from the Planned disposition drop-down list.
    2. Select a target date for the planned disposition in the Planned disposition date field. The target date must be the current date or a future date.
    3. Enter the justification for selecting that planned disposition status in the Reasoning field.
    1. Select Update.

    Parent Topic:Use bubble chart view

    Related topics

    Analyze applications using the bubble chart

    Create a demand using the bubble chart

    Add business application lifecycle data using bubble chart

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